Advertising device.



J. STRANDERS. ADVERTISING DEVICE. APPLIUATION FILED Amma, 1912.

Patented Aug. 5, 1913.

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JULIEN STRANDERS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

ADVERTISING DEVICE.

Specoaton of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 5,1913.

Application filed April 26, 1912. Serial No. 693,450.

To all whom t mag/ concern:

Be it known that I, JULIEN S'rmnnnns, a. subject of the King of GreatBritain, and a resident of New York, borough of Brooklyn, county ofKings, and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Advertising Devices, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to advertising devices, and has for its object toprovide an improved device by means of which a dummy container havingthe goods desired to be advertised therein may be represented. Such adummy may be a box of cigars or a box of candies, and may be shown in amanner closely resembling an original cont-ainer when the device is inoperation.

The object of the invention is to provide an advertising device whichwhen in operative position will show the dummy container, while when ininoperative position it may be conveniently folded and easily shippedfrom place to place.

For this purpose my invention consists of an improved advertisingdevice, comprising a foldable back part and a collapsible dummycontainer thereon so arranged that when in operative position the dummycontainer will be in extended position while when in inoperativeposition the dummy container will be in collapsed position.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 shows a front-view of my improvedadvertising device, showing the same in open operative position with thedummy container extended, Fig. 2 is a view showing the collapsed partsand in inoperative position, Fig. 3 is a vertical section, taken throughline 3-3 of Fig. 1, showing the dummy container in extended position,Fig. 4 is a vertical section taken through line 4 4 of Fig. 2, showingthe dummy container in collapsed position, Fig. 5 is a detailed section,taken on line 5-5 of Fig. 1.

Similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughoutthe several ligures of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings, and more particularly to Fig. 1, the backpart is composed of two plates 10 and 11 which are hinged at 12 by meansof which the parts may be brought in operative position, as shown inFig. 1, or in inoperative position, as shown in Fig. 4, by swingingeither part in respect to the other around the hinge 12. The upper part10 is provided with an indie cation thereon intended to depict theinside part of the cover of the dummy container, as is indicated by 21and has hinged thereto at the lower part of this part 21 a face member13 which acts as a top part of the dummy container. The face member 13is provided with a depending portion 14 which is hinged to the facemember 13 at 25 and the depending portion 14 is hinged at 26 to the backpart 11. The face member 13 is hinged at 27 to the upper part 10 by an7suitable means as by the folding of a suitable material, such ascardboard, etc. of which the dummy container is made. The face member 13is provided at its sides with depending portions 16 which are hinged at28 to the face member by means of folds or otherwise, and to theseportions 16 are hinged at 29 brace-portions 17. When the dummy containeris in open position as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, the folding side members16 serve to span the hinge 12 and operate to lock the parts 10 and 11 ofthe base plate in said open position and also to support the parts 13and 14 of the face member' in inclined positions. VJhen, therefore, itis desirable to collapse the device, the side-portions 16 after theirbrace-portions 17 are moved laterally away from the face member 13 andby reason thereof no resistance being offered to the parts, all theparts may readily collapse into the position shown in Figs. 2 and 4.

By providing the container 13 with a suitable picture, as for instance,a plurality of cigars and providing the part 21 with a picturecorresponding to the trademark or label of the cigars, a device isproduced which closely resembles the real box of cigars in a positionintended to enable anyone to take a cigar out of the box and thus formsa very desirable advertising device. In other cases, the cover 13 mightbe provided with a picture corresponding to chocolates or candies andthe part 21 provided with a suitable and corresponding label.

By being able to collapse the parts into their inoperative position, asshown in Figs. 2 and 4, the advertising device may be readilytransported from place to place, while the extended position oroperative position of the advertising device serves a very desirablepurpose.

I claim:

An advertising device consisting of a collapsible dummy containercomprising a fold- CII ing base plate composed of tWo sections,transversely hinged to fold one over lthe other, a folding face membersecured at its upper and lower ends to said sections respeetivelyvWithin a. spa-ce shorter than itself and having a transverse foldparallel with the fold of said base plate, and folding side membershinged to opposite sides of one part of said face member and adapted tospan the fold in said baise plate and look the device in l0 openposition.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have signedmy name in presence of tivo subscribing Witnesses.

JULIEN STRANDERS. llitnesses:

JOHN MURTAGH, L. M. DORMSIE.

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